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  1. Never Outhustled
    What Braun is doing in AA is straight up awesome. Our best prospects didn't put up numbers like he's suddenly doing. Its a small sample, hopefully he can sustain, or even build on it. Will Cameron Maybin be able to match his power/speed combo? someday maybe possibly, but we do know that Maybin will never play 3B. As for Gallardo, he seems to be big league ready right now, and he won't be required to be added to the 40 man roster untill after 2007. Something tells me he'll be in the big leagues before then.
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    Nice 1st start from Shawn Ferguson for West Virginia tonight, as he pitches 4 scoreless. Fergenson wasn't drafted until the 9th round this year, and signed for just $10,000. What a bargain. He pitched mostly in relief in college, spending time at 3 schools. His story sounds similar to last years steal, Steve Hammond, a 2005 6th round pick who's already in AA after signing for just $30,000 last year. Hammond was also a reliever in college at 2 different schools.
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    Hammond really has been awesome, he's 24 but is still rather inexperienced because he threw so few innings in college, as he was used out of the bullpen. He is not only productive, but he has good stuff too. He might be a bit of a latebloomer because of the injury problems he had at the Juco level.
  4. Never Outhustled
    Sheets was reportedly working on a cutter during his throwing sessions. Did they mention him throwing it tonight? Did the announcer confuse the cutter for a slider? The cutter would be an excellent 3rd pitch for Sheets, as it would give him a weapon against lefthanded batters.
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    If Yo absolutely dominates through July, is there any chance he goes to AAA yet this year? Thats a really intriguing question. Past pitchers who were bumped to AA, like Ty Taubenhiem and Carlos Villanueva, initially struggled, so Yo's dominance is a little suprising. I would think Yo would definately be a candidate for AAA, considering Nashville will likely qualify for the playoffs, and they will have a roster shortage when rosters expand Sept 1.
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    Generally, quick signings are cheap signings, and like Patrick has said, the Brewers had alot of quick signings. It helped that they drafted numerous college seniors. Also, Jeffress got $50,000 less than slot value. With the money they're saving, I think we should really expect them to sign 1 of the 3 picks they made of guys with high round talent that fell. 16th rounder RJ Seidel, 18th rounder Andrew Clark, and 19th rounder Lee Haydel would all really finish off this draft, and the team will have to pony up t get one of them. If they don't land any of them, than I guess the team cheaped out this year.
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    In a recent BA chat, John Manuel rated the Brewers draft in his top 3, along with Arizona and Cleveland. He loves 3rd rounder Cole Gillespie.
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    Am I crazy, or did Mark McLemore start on the mound for Round Rock against Nashville tonight? Your not crazy. McLemore has been working his way back to the big leagues as a knuckleballer for a few years now. He starting pitching in an Indepent league, and has worked his way up. I'd say he's pretty driven, because he's an old dude to be taking such a shot in the dark after he already had a pretty good career as a 2B.
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    Sorry DHonks, but none of that explains why they dumped the experiment after about a month last year and you yourself said in a post earlier this year that Vinnie had no clue why it stopped then. Reid Nichols stated they told Rottinno that they'd moved him from catcher because they wanted him to concentrate on getting his bat going. They thought he had too much on his mind. He hit terribly at catcher, and hit much better afterwards. Nichols said at that time they could revisit Rottinno at catcher once he was more comfortable at the plate. He made those comments on a Brewer pre-game show interview with Jim Powell right after the switch last year.
  10. Never Outhustled
    Nope , not at all . I'm simply implying that it must have been a struggle to be told that you will throw ...35 fastballs and 10 changeups for your outing.....period.....no matter what the count. 0-2,1-2,whatever. I agree, and I'm sure the hardest part was having to constant read that he was "struggling". This is why I constantly defended him. His path to stardom is different than most think it should be, but its almost identical to numerous players that have actually achieved stardom. The development of a pitchers total game is much more important for a player capable of a 20 year career than short term success at A ball.
  11. Never Outhustled
    Tweaking his breaking ball from a below average pitch to what it currently is, not hardly. Not disagreeing with you, just unclear of your stance. Are you saying that his slurve wasn't below average and the scouts were simply wrong in that opinion, that his slider is not now a dominant pitch, or that the Brewers did nothing to tweak it? I don't think that if all a person is allowed to throw is a specific number of fastballs and change ups with a pitch count it takes to long at this level for hitters to sit on a fastball and foul off pitches until a ball is thrown or a pitchcount used up. Looking back at the number of batters with 2 strikes that ended up with a bleeder or a walk because he couldn't use a curveball isn't tweaking by a pitching coach. Because he's forced to not use his slider in an effort to improve his changeup the Brewers have wronged Mark Rogers? You do realize other well respected organizations, like Oakland, Minnesota, and Boston develop pitchers using that same technique right? Your almost suggesting Rogers came out of HS big league ready. If thats the case, every scout I've seen comment on Rogers largely disagrees with you. I mean that with no malice what so ever, because I'm a huge supporter of Rogers, and have stated repeatedly that he's a fantastic prospect.
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    Perhaps then if the track record for years has been limited success with young/high school pitchers then one should look within the "pitching coach" inventory over the years. I don't see how the pitching coaches are relevent when comparing Rogers to our past failures considering the pitching coaches have changed. As for the adjustments, they've been a big success. It was the pitching coaches who tweaked Rogers breaking ball and transformed it from a slightly below average pitch to what now ranks as an absolutly dominant pitch. I'm sure its frusterating for Rogers to have to go through changes to his delivery, but he needs to ask himself if he wants to be John Smoltz or Kerry Wood. Wood had poor mechanics like Rogers, and was too stubborn to adjust. His stubberness got him to the Majors faster, and its ruining his career about 10 years too soon.
  13. Never Outhustled
    Yo is pitching a, Ahem, good game through 7. I just love all these young HS pitchers we've drafted in recent years.
  14. Never Outhustled
    I've never seen Rogers pitch before. How does his breaking ball compare to someone like Sheets'? As DHonks mentioned, the Brewers have tweaked his breaking ball and now its a very tight slider, in the John Smoltz mold. BA has reported scouts have told them Rogers slider is a 70 on the scouting scale, which is awesome. His slider supposedly reaches 90 MPH! Rogers has the same ERA and a much better BB/K rate than Smoltz did as a 20 year old. Rogers is a fantastic prospect.
  15. Never Outhustled
    I'm so happy that I got a front row seat on the Rogers bandwagon early on. Since I've defender him so many times, I wonder if he'll let me present him in the Hall of Fame?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  16. Never Outhustled
    That includes Daniel Bard, who many liked. To me, Bard was just never that productive. He has a big fastball, but he's never developed his breaking ball to the point where he could dominate college hitters. I think he'll end up in the bullpen down the line because of this.
  17. Never Outhustled
    I think 1 thing thats obvious about Jeffress is he'll be an easy sign. He stated immediately after being selected that he'd sign, and his actions back that up. He never even bothered signing a letter of intent with a college, so he has no leverage. You've got to respect a kid that could care less about the money part of the game. His agents used to work for Doug Melvin in Texas. Anyone else think Jeffress looks like and is built like Dontrelle Willis? They both have super long legs and no torso. Willis is Jeffress's idol and he kind of copies the leg kick.
  18. Never Outhustled
    Brae Wright is a suprising selection for the Brewers. I can't remember the last time they picked a bad boy.
  19. Never Outhustled
    Its pretty exciting getting Siedel this late. BA had him as a top 200 prospect. He obviously fell for signability concerns. The Brewers will have to pony up bigtime to get this kid into the system. That could be possible, because the team drafted a number of easy signs, including Jeffress, Gillespie, Errecart, Wright, Ferguson, Clem, and Toneguzzi.
  20. Never Outhustled
    I don't know if Bard is that good of a comp to Sheets. His stuff may be similar,but wasn't Sheets far,far more dominant statistically in college? Bard's numbers are rather average. I thought it was interesting that Sickels had Jared Hughes still available for the Crew in round 2. Some consider him a possibility for #16. To me, he doesn't K enough for a 1st round pick, but I'd be excited for him in round 2.
  21. Never Outhustled
    Baseball Prospectus has a story up about the draft and what risks/rewards certain picks have returned over the periods of 1984-1991 and 1992-1999. A few notes: Thanks for the Link GagneCY03, that has some great info in it. The long-held bias against high school catchers is no longer appropriate. Thats great news for someone who's a fan of a team that might select Hank Conger, a HS catcher, in round 1. Between this info, and the most recent BA chat with John Manuel (Link for subscribers only), I'm completely on board with drafting Conger. Manuel, when asked who he thought could be the best player out of this draft in 5 years, answered Conger. He loves his power, and said he had unbelieveable make-up and work ethic.
  22. Never Outhustled
    Too bad no web audio for BC, cool pitching matchup there tonight. Rogers facing Kyle Sleeth, good start for Rogers so far through 3. Sleeth was the 3rd pick of the 2003 draft(Rogers was picked in 2004), but it takes awhile to get those injury prone college pitchers to the big leagues.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  23. Never Outhustled
    I would like to see the Brewers take a college arm, and while I recognize that the Brewers have not taken a player that required being signed for greater than slot value, this is the perfect year to take someone like Hochevar (I don't think he will fall) of Scherzer (I think he will) given not only team needs, but the BPA theory. Both will cost a pretty penny, but either one could be up contributing with the team by the end of the '07 season. I really agree with this. In past years, the team drafted high enough that they could get top talents in spite of ignoring Boras clients. Thats not the case this year. The difference between the college pitchers who will likely be available at 16 and Hochevar is huge. I don't think Hochevar's past demands are that out of line for a player of that caliber. Some have makeup issues with him, but if you take away the Boras factor, you see an ultra-competitive player and tireless worker on and off the field. As for Scherzer, he's certainly more difficult to get a read on because of the time he missed, but if the Brewers have an interest you can bet they're outworking everyone gaining info on him.
  24. Never Outhustled
    Tom Haudricort suggests in this article that the Brewers are considering HS sluggers Travis Snyder and Bill Rowell. Rowel is a 6'4" SS who's expected to be moved to 3B. He is ranked 3rd by BA in its best tools list at HS "Best Pure Hitters" and 2nd in its " Best Power Hitter"category, and 2nd in "Best Strikezone Judgement". Snyder a RF and 1B, ranks 1st in the "Best Pure Hitter" category, 3rd in "Best Strikezone Judgement", and 3rd in "Closest To Majors". He was 1st among position players in that category. It excites me that the Brewers are possibly focusing in at these position players instead the deep but uninspireing group of college pitchers. There could also be some exciting HS power pitchers available, but I'd rather see the Crew take the safer route with position players. I like that both of these hitters are lefties, as the Brewers look like they will become extremely righthanded in a few years. With the deep group of College arms, the Crew might be able to get a polished pitcher in round 2, and with so many teams shying away from HS pitchers, the team could add 1 round talent in round 2 with a HS pitcher also. Theres no chance there will be a top talent position player available, college or HS, available in round 2.
  25. Never Outhustled
    I heard it, sorry I didn't respond sooner. As for the draft, he had the Brewers taking Joba Chamberlain, but said theres many directions that they could go. He didn't go into the draft much, because one of the hosts on the show ( Harry Sidney)was a fill in with little baseball knowledge and he steered the conversation to the major league level. He was asked about Jim Leylands effect on the Tigers, and he said it was minimal. He explained that the Tigers are better because they have more talent. He said Verlander was the only pitcher he ever saw throw 99 in the 1st and 9th innings. He talked at length at how bad the Royals are. He was very negative about Owner David Glass. He said the Royals won't even be able to rebuild through there farm system because after their few stud prospects, their system was the worst in baseball. In all, he didn't tell us much we didn't already know.
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